Policy Tag: California
Five Recent Trends in Homelessness in California
This report, the first in a series, describes the number and characteristics of people experiencing homelessness in California and documents…
The Housing Potential for Land Owned by Faith-Based Organizations and Colleges
This paper updates our 2020 report with expanded data on the potential for development on land owned by faith-based organizations…
Streamlining Multifamily Housing Production in California: Progress Implementing SB 35
SB 35 was enacted in 2018 to streamline multifamily infill development in jurisdictions that are not meeting their housing production…
Permanent Supportive Housing as a Solution to Homelessness: The Critical Role of Long-Term Operating Subsidies
This study aims to quantify the costs of operating PSH—including both the costs of managing the property and providing supportive…
The Perils and Promises of Redevelopment: Examining the Use of Tax Increment Financing in California Cities
As California cities face a growing backlog of infrastructure needs and a worsening housing affordability crisis, policymakers are looking for…
The First Step Is The Hardest: California’s Sliding Homeownership Ladder
The paper examines the erosion of access to homeownership and the role that rising housing prices play in the ability…
New Pathways to Encourage Housing Production: A Review of California’s Recent Housing Legislation
In this brief, we interview planners and land use lawyers to gain an early understanding about the extent to which…
Reaffirming the Federal Commitment to Fair Housing: Lessons from California in Implementing AFFH
On January 19th, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a new proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing…
Using Emergency Housing Vouchers to Address Homelessness
This analysis is published as part of the Housing Crisis Research Collaborative. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic increased the urgency to…
California’s HOME Act Turns One: Data and Insights from the First Year of Senate Bill 9
The California HOME Act—otherwise known as Senate Bill (SB) 9—took effect on January 1st, 2022 and makes it possible for…